Dictionaries

A dictionary is a simple data structure that maps a dictionary name to a set of key/value pairs. It can be used e.g. to provide additional translations.

The dictionary name usually is something like GermanDict (some word ending with Dict). This default pattern can be changed (e.g. for non-english languages etc.), see page_dict_regex on HelpOnConfiguration.

The dict members are key/value pairs (both unicode strings).

Wiki Dicts

Defining them

You can create a dict definition for a dict named GermanDict by creating a page called GermanDict with this content:

#format wiki
This translates some words from English to German:
dog:: Hund
cat:: Katze
mouse: Maus

Important:

Dict members have to be on a first-level definition list (see HelpOnLists).

The leading space and the space after '::' are important.

Everything else (other text, second-level items, etc.) is ignored.

Using them

Translation

MoinMoin uses <Language>Dict additionally to the builtin gettext based translations. E.g. if it wants to translate cat to German and doesn't find it in the .po file, it will try to look it up on GermanDict (and find Katze there, see the example above).